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He opened opportunity. First Black Florida Supreme Court Judge Joseph Hatchett dies at 88 Howard Cohen, The Miami Herald
May 1 When a young Joseph W. Hatchett took the Florida Bar exam in 1960, he could not stay in the Miami hotel in which the test was given because of Jim Crow regulations.
Within 15 years, Hatchett would become the first African American to serve on the Florida Supreme Court.
Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Hatchett died in Tallahassee on Friday, April 30, Florida Supreme Court spokesman Craig Waters said in a post Saturday morning. Hatchett was 88 and Florida s 65th justice since statehood was granted in 1845.